Category Homestead Happenings

Many of you have asked, “Have you found your keys yet?” For those of you who didn’t know. They were gone. Vanished. De nada. It happened last Monday, a week ago, after I came home from speaking to a media…

Oboy. You’re all in for such a treat. My senior year in high school I contracted a disease during the spring. Initially I approached it as a welcome respite from school; however, it didn’t take long before I realized that…

Who could forget a group of musicians “banding” together to fight hunger when it includes the extremes of Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie? The year was 1985. My junior year in high school. The music video played relentlessly on TV…

OK, I know that Mark started a few days ago, but beginning here at Notes, we’re hoping to pass on the challenge to all bloggers. During this season of giving, give your readers a chuckle and describe for them (with…

Carolyn says I always do something to mess up our family pictures. I don’t know why I do it. It’s innate. I think I’ve been doing stupid stuff in pictures for as long as I can remember. Having a beautiful…

Recently, Carolyn’s grandmother spent a week with us. It’s always fun, and this particular visit was no different. It was made all the more interesting by the fact that she’d recently broken her kneecap in a fall and was still…

I came home to the strangest sight yesterday. Carolyn was throwing something away. Yep. For all you omen-seekers, it may be time to sell high and move to higher ground. My wifey throws nothing away. Nada. Zilch. However, as documented…

Our Mr. Bug Exterminators, 3rd-4th grade peewee football team, fell before the Ryburn Mustangs, 14-0. Our black-jerseyed youngsters slammed into a ready Ryburn defense three times under the 20 yard line and were unable to put the ball in the…